Nontechnical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production / Norman J. Hyne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.xxv, 698 p. :Designed for easy reading and accessibility, this bestselling book by Norman Hyne provides an enormous amount of useful information on the upstream petroleum industry. </p> <p>The new updated 3rd Edition includes a new chapter on unconventional oil and gas (including gas shales), covers new well-logging tools and new drilling rigs, and adds a number of new figures and plates. </p> <p>Thousands of professionals and students have used this upstream guide to further their understanding of petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production

Nontechnical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production

Contents of this book: The nature of gas and oil The Earth's crust - where we find time deformation of sedimentary rocks sandstone reservoir rocks carbonate reservoir rocks sedimentary rock distribution mapping ocean environment and plate tectonics source rocks, generation, migration, and accumilation of petroleum petroleum traps petroleum exploration - geological and geochemical Petroleum exploration - geophysical Drilling preliminaries Drilling a well - the mechanics Drilling problems Drilling techniques Evaluating a well Completing a well Surface treatment and storage Offshore drilling and production Workover Reservoir mechanics Petroleum production Reserves Improved oil recover

Nontechnical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling and production

In this popular text that has trained thousands in the petroleum industry for years, Dr. Norman Hyne takes readers through upstream operations--from how oil and gas are formed; how to find commercial quantities; how to drill, evaluate, and complete a well--all the way through production and improved oil recovery. He uses lots of pictures, graphs, and illustrations to aid readers in understanding topics and to provide necessary visuals